Yesterday we returned home for the second time in as many months!!!
We have had two sweet trips and have enjoyed the people we met and the sights that we saw and there are many memories to savor for a long time!!!
But for now it is back to normal life…..whatever that looks like!!!
HOORAY….travel is returning!!
Today, Michael and I are flying out to Mozambique and will be in the bush for about 3 weeks.
While there, he will be researching a book that he is writing about the rebuilding of an ecosystem there. I am helping with the interviews and doing lots of photography. It is a bit daunting to be in charge of photos that will be used in a book, a Ted-X talk, and major magazine articles!!
I am hoping to blog while we are there but it is doubtful that the internet will cooperate!!
SO….. I am going to take you on a tour of the art in my studio!! I have so many fun items that have been procured over the years and I want to share them with you.
Come back tomorrow to start touring……
I know that he is trying to look stately, but pelican’s always seem a bit dorky to me…..
Photo was taken at Lake Tuross in southern New South Wales, Australia……
Michael caught this serene shot as we were hurrying from museum to museum!!
Yesterday, I posted about my entry in the “I’m so Blue” guild challenge.
Normally, I am finishing my challenges on the day that they are due, or maybe the day before if I am really organized, but, with this one, the idea came quickly and I was finished over a month before the due date…. UN-HEARD OF!!
Just after I finished it, I was talking to another guild member (Sue) and she said that she would make it different by using the other spelling/meaning of blue……ie BLEW!!
Just after our conversation, we made another trip to Kunming, China where I spied this wonderful bronze statue…..
I adored the look on the man’s face….
….not to mention the little boy at the back…..
Now THAT is a great example of “BLEW”!!
When we returned home, I called Sue and asked if she had ever acted on her inspiration. She said that she had not and that I was welcome to use the idea.
I started with the photo itself, tweaking it to enhance the color…..
I used the pinwheel as my inspiration and added a bunch of small pinwheels and two larger 3-D pinwheels….
….and added the beaded “stick” to meet the embellishment and blue requirements.
I made a couple of paper quilts to test out the quilting designs….
….but finally decided on wavy parallel lines in a metallic thread….
I love the final product…..
…particularly the way that the fabrics worked together.
And, as a plus, it is another fun “Travel Log Quilt” that reminds me of a trip to Kunming!!
